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  1. dmclone

    When do you think you will buy a 100% pure electric vehicle?

    No, not at all. If you do it at Hy-Vee, it will just be using the battery instead. I'm not sure how much battery it would use but I would guess less than a couple of percent. Really it's a lot like remote start on a normal vehicle. The garage scenario above would be like if you had remote...
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    When do you think you will buy a 100% pure electric vehicle?

    Some screen shots that may be beneficial Car sitting in the garage. Car is plugged in and sitting at 79%. Every few days it will drop a percent or two if you don't drive it but it will kick in and get you back up to 80%. Turn on the heat or you can schedule it to turn on before you leave...
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    When do you think you will buy a 100% pure electric vehicle?

    The same way you warm up your car when you don't have any fuel.
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    When do you think you will buy a 100% pure electric vehicle?

    Another big positive, is that I've heard brake pads last 100k+ miles
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    When do you think you will buy a 100% pure electric vehicle?

    2nd scenario. I'm doing a road trip to Kansas City from DSM. It's telling me that I have to stop and charge in Bethany for 12 minutes. About 10 miles outside of Bethany, it starts conditioning the battery to optimize charging in Bethany. I haven't did this in the cold so I assume it starts...
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    When do you think you will buy a 100% pure electric vehicle?

    A lot of different options here. Let me give you an example of my current state/options My wife's car is currently sitting in the garage and plugged in. I can see that the interior is 17 degrees. If my wife wants to drive to hyvee, she has a few options. 1. Unplug, jump in the car, and head to...
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    When do you think you will buy a 100% pure electric vehicle?

    It's just the software deciding to warm up the battery enough to charge optimally. What @RedlineSi said. Plus if you're driving, and it knows you're going to charge, it will start pre-conditioning the battery for optimal charging. It does this even in the summer
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    Random Thoughts 18: The Year of Fire

    I had the same thing happen, but it's now back. I also had a patch on the back of my neck that was super smooth. When I asked the radiation oncologist about it, he said "I figured it wouldn't be a big deal". He was right, I have about 8 inches of ring left, when I don't shave. Not sure how the...
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    Random Thoughts 18: The Year of Fire

    My morning started off with a bowl of shredded wheat. As I'm looking down, it took me about 5 seconds to realize that instead of milk, I was pouring water over my cereal. On a side note, until this moment, I was really liking our "beverage center, that is built into the Samsung fridge.
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    Smoking Meat Questions and Discussion

    My wife likes doing it, so I go that route. If she has enough, she uses her sourdough starter. I don't know how that stuff works so I just get the grill ready :). That is a good idea though
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    When do you think you will buy a 100% pure electric vehicle?

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    When do you think you will buy a 100% pure electric vehicle?

    EV's are a tough sell for rental companies. You get off a 4 hour flight to Minneapolis. It's 8pm on January 12th and -10 degrees. You've never driven an EV and you need to get to your hotel across town How do I unlock this car? How do I connect my phone so I can use AA/Carplay (you can't )...
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    Electric Snow Blower

    Large batteries can explode/ catch fire, which wouldn't be great on an airplane. Similar to how you can't carry gasoline on a plane.
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    Retirement Targets

    I listen to Rick on boglehead stuff. Sounds like a year wait and an increase in price https://rickferri.com/investors/
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    Retirement Targets

    Roboadvisors are the future. The big boys like Black Rock are reducing head counts.
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    2024 concerts

    I may have to go to that one. I was just going to say that I saw them a few years ago in KC. Then I realized it was nearly 13 years ago.....
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    Retirement Targets

    Trad IRA 18% Roth IRA 9.5% 401k (Wife) 29% 401k Roth/Trad 15.8%
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    2024 Stock Talk - Who Are You Betting On?

    Just recently discovered JEPI, I've put about 10% of my Roth funds in that ETF. Other than that, the only other single stock i own is O, which sucked last year. Bought bonds for the first time last year. About 6 years out from retirement, so I'm pretty conservative. A lot of Vanguard 2030, S&P...
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    In Game Betting-Local teams?

    DraftKings
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    In Game Betting-Local teams?

    I noticed during the ISU-Houston game last night that I could bet on every active game, except the ISU game was grayed out. Is there some kind of rule that doesn't allow this? I've read that you can bet on local player props and I know I could have bet before the game started. Sorry if I got the...